Archive for the 'Greg' Category

At the NYBG

Monday, May 20th, 2013

A watercolor/gouache/pencil drawing made at the New York Botanical Garden. One of my favorite places to visit in the spring.

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Greg Betza ©2013

Taxi

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013

Playing around with yellow ink and line…and shape.

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©2013 Greg Betza

Carnivale character

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Painted at Epcot’s Italy pavilion, back when the entertainment was fantastic.

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©2013 Greg Betza

Orchid

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

A small piece made at the Macy’s Flower Show in New York City a few years ago.

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©2013 Greg Betza

tree lined

Friday, April 26th, 2013

From 2006, a crayon drawing made in Paris. I believe I was sitting on a bench in the Tuileries Garden during the afternoon. Nice memories.

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Greg Betza ©2013

Central Park

Saturday, April 20th, 2013

A beautiful place in Spring…

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Greg Betza ©2013

a Find

Sunday, April 14th, 2013

Found this thumbnail, and I really don’t know when I did it or where (or why!). Believe it or not, I usually have a fairly clear memory of creating all of my work, and that’s what makes this painting so intriguing (to me).

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Greg Betza © 2013

New York

Monday, April 8th, 2013

About 10 years ago I spent a lot of time walking all around the city drawing just to draw. Here is one from that time.

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Greg Betza ©2013

Agia Paraskevi

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013

is a church on the island of Crete, in Greece. I visited there and made this painting in 2008. A family member from that village is visiting this week and he reminded me of this piece.

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Greg Betza ©2013

almost

Wednesday, March 27th, 2013

Spring! It’s taking a little longer to arrive than I’d like, but the birds are starting to sound right.gb_greg-betza_spring

Greg Betza ©2013

Another model

Thursday, March 21st, 2013

A charcoal drawing from a recent session with a model.

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waiting room

Friday, March 15th, 2013

I spent some time in a waiting room yesterday. Here is an older man and a boy and his game who were there waiting with me.

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Greg Betza ©2013

Deco

Saturday, March 9th, 2013

Here is a storyboard frame from an art deco-inspired commercial I designed. Have a great weekend.

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Greg Betza ©2013

 

Street Hockey

Sunday, March 3rd, 2013

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is what I’ll be playing this morning. Yes, street. No ice, no skates. In fact, I’ve been playing on Sunday mornings for the last few years. Good exercise, competition, laughs.

Here is a ‘rejected’ sketch of some ICE hockey players I drew for an editorial job I worked on a few years ago. You can see the finished illustration here.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Greg Betza ©2013

Marks

Monday, February 25th, 2013

Yep, drawing with marks. Have a great week everyone!

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Greg Betza ©2013

Chinese lily pond

Tuesday, February 19th, 2013

Posted with thoughts of warmer weather…

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Greg Betza ©2013

Handsome

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

An OLDer drawing from the handsome cab line up outside of the Plaza Hotel in New York.

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-Greg Betza ©2013

Animal Kingdom parade

Thursday, February 7th, 2013

This is a reportage drawing made at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida last summer. There is nothing quite like letting the ink and pastels fly as you sweat in the summer sun…and it’s a beautiful, cultural parade too!

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-Greg Betza

 

Greece

Thursday, January 31st, 2013

A drawing from the island of Santorini. Here are some other drawings from my trip in 2009.

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-Greg Betza

Street, Montmartre

Thursday, January 24th, 2013

With all the news surrounding Lance Armstrong and the Tour De France these past 2 weeks I was reminded of my last trip to Paris in 2006. Here is a drawing from Montmartre.

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Greg Betza ©2013